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  1. Danzo187

    Tips/Techniques DRO Glass vs. Magnetic Scale Accuracy Etc.

    I'm not usually a hypocrite ,but as I posted that I was thinking of my wifes in process kitchen remodel, kloseanuf measurements will not be tolerated ,Deadon is what I need when it comes to my $$$
  2. Danzo187

    Tips/Techniques DRO Glass vs. Magnetic Scale Accuracy Etc.

    great thread on DRO's ,lots of informative info. As I was out in my garage shop this morning making smaller stuff out of bigger stuff all this measurement info swirling through me brain ,I found myself as usual falling back on the old German standard of "kloseanuf" defined as being any form of...
  3. Danzo187

    Tips/Techniques DRO Glass vs. Magnetic Scale Accuracy Etc.

    jeez...I remember my army days crewing helicopters. Cyclic errors usually meant returning to base wasn't happening
  4. Danzo187

    Tips/Techniques DRO Glass vs. Magnetic Scale Accuracy Etc.

    no your right 5 Um is accurate. I think most error comes from a poor installation of the scales ,duct tape and bailing wire and a carpenter level are not conducive to precision maching. I had a 5 Um on my grizzly and it hit the numbers all day long ,didn't mean to offend any DRO owners out there...
  5. Danzo187

    Machine PDM30 table nut stripped

    had the same problem with my grizzly mill ,that capscrew is for taking backlash out,the jam is from chips and crap getting in there ,the nut is much softer then the screw ,you can work it out (wax on wax off) you might end up with some deformation on the nut but will be quite useable once cleaned
  6. Danzo187

    Tips/Techniques DRO Glass vs. Magnetic Scale Accuracy Etc.

    just my humble opinion magnetic scales are completely enclosed (sealed), water and oil resistant no dirt no dust you can even lay a magnet on them and it doesn't change the output, glass scales are subject to dirt and dust, oil water especially if machine operator is crazy with an air hose, I...
  7. Danzo187

    SM 72T Bull gear

    thanks Don
  8. Danzo187

    Lathe Compound Feed Nut

    I too had .025 compound backlash on my SM 13 inch 2000 series ,when I made a new brass feed nut I made the boss so it was .001 press fit maybe as much as .0015 pressed it in and backlash is now and has been for a few months .003 , I found that both compound and crossfeed nuts excessive play just...
  9. Danzo187

    SM 72T Bull gear

    oh no I didn't mean I'm in a tool desert ,I was saying for people that live in a tool desert I feel for them , the extra cost for machinery and not having stuff close by ,the shipping ,buying sight on seen , quite frustrating ,we need to go back to Vo-Techs and trade schools ,metal shop in high...
  10. Danzo187

    SM 72T Bull gear

    now if I only had something to make
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